Airtins is available here By Geoff Bottoms For those of us who are “sassenachs” this collection of poems in the Scots language can be a challenge for... Continue reading
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This is the first of a new series of articles from Geoff Bottoms, showing how the principles of cultural democracy can be applied in detail to religious... Continue reading
The book is available here Valentine’s Day is coming up and to mark it Geoff Bottoms reviews this book, which includes a poem to St Valentine. All... Continue reading
Photo of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. addressing the crowd during the 1957 Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom. Image: Public Domain By Geoff Bottoms Terry Eagleton suggests that... Continue reading
By Geoff Bottoms In applying the Jewish and Christian scriptures to contemporary social and political issues, the various churches recognise that the origins of the teachings... Continue reading
In this edition of Our Culture, Geoff Bottoms examines the Church as a cultural and political institution, tracing the gap between the radical inclusivity of the early... Continue reading
Jesus casting out the money changers from the Temple by Giotto, 14th century By Geoff Bottoms Just as the late Pope Francis completed the apostolic exhortation that... Continue reading
Christ in the Rubble By Father Geoff Bottoms I recently celebrated a humanist funeral for a comrade of mine, and at the reception afterwards his daughter caught... Continue reading
The book is available here By Father Geoff Bottoms If the traditional portrayal of Mary Magdalene, as handed down in a patriarchal Church, is that of a... Continue reading